Quinoa Salad
January 30, 2011
Quinoa is rising in popularity in the health community. Bebe breaks down the mystery and shows us a simple quinoa salad recipe.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup finely chopped celery
- 1 cup finely chopped parsley
- 1 large red pepper diced
- 1/3 cup capers
- 1 can rinsed black beans
- 1 diced Royal gala Apple (put a little lemon juice over it to stop it turning brown)
- 1 cup quinoa
- Salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon to taste
Directions
- Mix all the ingredients together except the quinoa
- Rinse and drain the quinoa
- For every cup of quinoa, you need to add 2 1/2 cups water
- Put 2 1/2 cups of water in a pan
- Add the quinoa
- Add 2 tsp of oil
- Add a pinch of salt and stir
- Put the lid on and put the fire on high (usually takes about 20 minutes to cook)
- When the water is boiling turn to a low heat (all the water will be absorbed by the quinoa)
- When the quinoa is cooled fluff it up with a fork
- Add the quinoa to the rest of the salad
- Add olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper according to taste and mix well